Dear Mr President,

    I am doing a project at school about animals in danger. I think the situation all over the world is really awful(可怕的).

    Firstly, I feel so sorry for the giant panda. It's one of the most popular animals in the world. We learned that pandas mainly live on bamboo, and that a panda can eat half its body's weight of bamboo in 24 hours! That's a lot of bamboo. I think we should try to do more to stop cutting down their forests. We would be so sad if they became extinct(灭绝的) forever.

    Secondly，what we should try to protect more is Chinese alligators(扬子鳄). These creatures live in some parts of eastern China. They live in freshwater rivers and lakes but the water in some places isn't clean enough for them to live in. It's really dirty in fact. The government should stop factories from polluting the lakes and rivers.

    If we protect these beautiful animals in China, more people may come to China to visit our beautiful country, especially to see the quieter areas in the country. Now most visitors just see the cities. I hope you will encourage more people to think about such an important project.

Sincerely yours,

Huang Jing

a parents' meeting tomorrow.

A:

B: No, I didn't. I was busy with my homework. What was it about?

A: It was about animals in danger.

B:

A: Many people kill animals for money. They pour(倾倒) the dirty water into rivers. So there is little clean water for animals to drink.

B: What can we do to protect animals?

A: We can't destroy(破坏) the forests and we should plant more and more trees. We should try to make the water clean.

B: I think it can do a lot to protect animals in the world.

—My books. I can't find them.

—I think it's _____ and nobody in our class thinks it's _____.

Skuas (贼鸥) are large seabirds. They look like seagulls but they are than them. Do you want to learn more about skuas?

Skuas look a little scary. Some people say that skuas are the pirates (海盗) of the bird world. They often food from other birds. They will chase other birds that are food. They will attack those birds in flight and force (强迫) to give up the food.

In fact, skuas don't get all of their food by birds carrying food. Some skuas will hang out around some where penguins have nests. The skuas will wait for a to steal the penguins' eggs and even young penguins. Skuas also hunt and eat small birds and fish.

There are many kinds of skuas. Two kinds of them in the Southern Ocean. They are the Antarctic skua and the south polar skua. Here's some information about Antarctic skuas. They are also as brown skuas. These skuas don't build nests, but just lay their eggs on the ground. They lay two eggs at a time. the male and female Antarctic skuas take care of the baby skuas.